Founders of the American non-profit organisation The Hummingbird Project, Marilyn McHugh and Chris Kennedy, delivered a talk on the topic "Beneficial Soil Microorganisms" at Giri Institute of Development Studies on 8th October 2013. The Hummingbird Project strives to empower communities devastated b

War Only In Defence; The Quran (22:39) tells us: Permission to fight is granted to those who are attacked, because they have been wronged […]
This Quranic verse teaches us about an important principle. And that is that the only legitimate war is one that is fought in defence, in response to a clear

When I heard from someone about the suicide attacks on historic church namely “All Saints Church" in Peshawar. I opened my television and saw the live coverage. And I was so upset to see the causalities and the scattered shape of the church. Till several days I was not feeling normal. Later on I was

The endless nightmare of Iraq continues because of daily sectarian and terrorist attacks. In the world of Takfiri Islamists then killing all and sundry becomes part and parcel of their “unholy cause.” Therefore, the latest deliberate attack against children in a school playground isn’t shocking. Thi

Some scholars define peace as the absence of war. This definition is, to some extent, correct. If a society is free from violence and war, the situation that prevails may be termed as ‘peace’. Whenever there is no war or violence between individuals or groups, one could say, in a limited sense, that

Nida-e-Dil (The Voice of the Heart) by Talat Arzoo, Alhamd Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, HC, pages 120
Nida-e-Dil (The Voice of the Heart) by Talat Arzoo Butt is a collection of poems neatly arrayed on the shelf of longing. The book’s lay-out and the cover design are soothing to the reader’s e

A hot and dusty 2 hours ride on bumpy roads brought me from Kanpur to the nondescript Rasoolabad block of Kanpur Dehat, where a Home Based Post Natal Care Project (HBPNC) has brought about measurable improvements in maternal and child health. This project, funded by the World Bank and executed by a

The withdrawal of the Ordinance that allows the elected representatives to continue being members of the house even after being punished for more than two years by a Court has given a clear note of changes in the Indian politics. To understand the reinvigorating the Indian Parliamentary Democracy we

In the last few months you have had several barbaric attacks against students in north-eastern Nigeria. The terrorist group involved in all these massacres is the Boko Haram movement which willingly kills the followers of Christianity and Islam based on their Islamist Takfiri Sharia agenda. Therefor

NATO Turkey is an open conduit for international terrorists and a place to obtain weapons in order to commit barbarity against the people of Syria. Not surprisingly, major NATO powers like America, France, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, are exploiting their past collective deeds in Bosnia, Croatia,

Pakistan has become one of the most dangerous places for Christians to live. The Urdu newspapers Daily Insaf and Daily Khabrain both reported on 20th August, 2000 that a judge of Lahore High Court, Justice Nazir Akhter said that “Anyone accused of under blasphemy charges should be killed on the spot

The Quran (5:64) tells us: Whenever they kindle the fire of war, God puts it out.
From this Quranic verse we learn something about God’s Creation Plan. We learn that this Plan is based on the principle of peace. We learn that if someone is bent on stirring the fires of violence, we should try to do

The "Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis: Towards Zero Deaths" - the first ever plan which specifically addresses TB in children and outlines the path towards zero deaths from childhood TB - was jointly launched on 1st October 2013, in Washington DC by global leaders in TB control: the International

Shahbag in Bangladesh is shedding light on the tyrannical forces of religious oppression and the fifth column of militant Islamism. At the same time, Shahbag is demanding the imprisonment and proper sentencing of individuals who took part in the massacres of innocent people. This applies to the dark

Allama Mashriqi was one of the founding fathers of Islamia College (Peshawar). His long association with the said college, first as its Vice-Principal and later as Principal, brought about a revolution in education and gave new dimensions to one of the most educationally backward provinces of Britis